The Strip (1951)

Mickey Rooney: Stanley Maxton

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• Detective Lt. Bonnabel : Where does Jane Tafford work?

  Stanley Maxton : At a place called Fluffs - out on The Strip.

• Stanley Maxton : When I left the hospital, I was a Happy Jack. I-I had myself a set of drums and a jalopy. The sun was shining and the road to LA was good.

• Stanley Maxton : Sonny was as good as his word. He paid for the drums and took me up to his place on The Strip - a fancy layout with all the fixin's, all the refreshments, liquid - and - otherwise.

• Delwyn 'Sonny' Johnson : Where are you gonna wind up beating a drum all your life?

  Stanley Maxton : Well, I figured if I saved up enough dough, in a few years, I could buy a little club of my own.

• Stanley Maxton : You play your cigarettes right and you'll find you got a steady customer. Here, honey, keep the change.

• Stanley Maxton : I work for an insurance company and I make triple what I could make in the band business.

  Fluff : I'll give you 20% over scale and look at the company you'll be, Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong.

  Stanley Maxton : They're real wonderful. They're the greatest cats in the world, but, no thanks.

• Fluff : Kid, it looks like you're on a spot.

  Stanley Maxton : You don't want somebody to throw a bomb in your place, do you?

  Fluff : Well, if it isn't an atom bomb, I think I could take it.

  Stanley Maxton : These guys don't play for laughs.

• Fluff : You were that good a salesman, eh?

  Stanley Maxton : I couldn't sell a dollar bill for 88 cents.

• Fluff : Listen, let me tell you something, this is a free country. You can work, play, pray, and think as you please. And if anybody tells you, you can't? Fight 'em!

  Stanley Maxton : Oh, that's easy to say.

  Fluff : Yeah, well, look! If you don't, you're gonna be licked all your life.